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Sharing Halloween Candy | Cyberchase

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Buzz, Delete, and Harold are trying to share 18 pieces of candy equally among themselves. Jackie helps them by demonstrating how to divide the candies equally by distributing the candies in rounds.

Frame: If we have an apple and we want to share it among four people, we can just cut it into four equal pieces. But what if we want to share a bag of peanuts among four people? How would you go about doing that? What mathematical operations would you use?

Focus: During this segment, watch how Jackie insures that the sharing of the candy among Buzz, Delete, and Harold is done in a fair way. How does she start off? Notice what she calls her method.

Follow Up: How did Jackie make sure that the sharing of the candy was done in a fair way? Why did Harold’s attempt at sharing the candies fail? Was there any division used in any of the sharing? If yes, describe how it was used. If you had to share 72 pieces of candy among three people, how would you go about doing it?

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